Micropilina tangaroa
Micropilina tangaroa is a species of monoplacophoran, a superficially limpet-like marine mollusc. It is known from a single specimen found off the coast of New Zealand.[1]
| Micropilina tangaroa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Monoplacophora |
| Order: | Tryblidiida |
| Family: | Micropilinidae |
| Genus: | Micropilina |
| Species: | M. tangaroa |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropilina tangaroa Marshall, 1990 | |
References
- Kano, Y., Kimura, S., Kimura, T. and Warén, A. (2012), Living Monoplacophora: morphological conservatism or recent diversification?. Zoologica Scripta, 41: 471-488. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00550.x
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